Captain David Adams is a Royal Australian Armoured Corps officer currently posted to Puckapunyal. Born and raised in Sydney, he enlisted in the Australian Army in 1994. Captain Adams has served in numerous Royal Australian Armoured Corps units as well as the 1st Recruit Training Battalion, Adelaide Universities Regiment, Army Knowledge Centre and Army Headquarters. He has seen operational service in East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Captain Adams has a very keen interest in military history and has previously developed a military history walking tour of Puckapunyal and a Military History of Seymour and Puckapunyal magazine.